Ninth Circuit: In De Novo Review of ERISA Benefit Decision, District Court Clearly Errs by Adopting Newly Presented Rationale
Ninth Circuit: In De Novo Review of ERISA Benefit Decision, District Court Clearly Errs by Adopting Newly Presented Rationale
In Collier v. Lincoln Life Assurance Company of Boston, No. 21-55465, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 17087828 (9th Cir. Nov. 21, 2022), a dispute involving a denial of long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits…
District Court Rejects Sun Life’s Attempt to Argue New Grounds for Denying Accidental Death Benefits, Denies Motion to Remand
In Rushing v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, Civil Action 22-cv-1454 (W.D. La. Nov. 1, 2022), Western District of Louisiana Magistrate Judge Mark L. Hornsby denied Sun Life’s motion…
California District Court Finds Cardiac Patient Disabled and Awards ERISA Long Term Disability Benefits for a Limited Time, Declines to Consider New Evidence
In Cameron v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, 2:21-cv-02092 JLS (AFM) (C.D. Cal. Nov. 2, 2022), California Central District Judge Josephine L. Stanton determined on de novo review that…
Second Circuit Rules for Cigna Corporation in Class Action Dispute Over Reformed Pension Benefits
In Amara v. Cigna Corp., No. 20-202, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 16842742 (2d Cir. Nov. 10, 2022), the Second Circuit considered consolidated appeals of several postjudgment orders brought by Plaintiffs-Appellants in…
Eighth Circuit Upholds Denial of Accidental Death Benefits Based on Exclusion for Voluntary Ingestion of Unprescribed Narcotic Drugs
In Richmond v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., No. 21-3929, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 10225155 (8th Cir. Oct. 18, 2022), the Eighth Circuit considered whether Defendant-Appellee Life Insurance Company of…
Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims Alleging Energy Company Mismanaged Its 401(k) Plan
In Matousek v. MidAmerican Energy Co., No. 21-2749, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 6880771 (8th Cir. Oct. 12, 2022), Plaintiffs-Appellants are participants in MidAmerican Energy Company’s 401(k) Plan. They allege that the…
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